The reductions in NIH funding and staff are happening at a time when colorectal cancer cases have been rising among younger adults. A report released in 2023 by the American Cancer Society said that the proportion of colorectal cancer cases among adults younger than 55 increased from 11% in 1995 to 20% in 2019.

Lawmakers seek answers to questions about sweeping cuts to federal public health infrastructure but Kennedy stays mum.

The NIH faces cuts of 35 percent, requested by billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Consequently, researchers have had to struggle with getting reimbursed for routine expenses such as lab mice—especially after DOGE put a one-dollar spending limit on the use of government credit cards.

A Senate committee report by minority staff, and obtained by CNN, slams the Trump administration for terminating some funding for research, firing thousands of federal workers and removing certain scientific data from government websites.

In February, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a cut of “indirect expenses” in its funding for research grants. According to TIME, the NIH awards approximately $30 billion in grants each year. Further, indirect costs can range from nearly 30% to 70% of a research grant.

The White House on Friday revealed President Trump’s budget request for fiscal 2026, which includes cutting a quarter of the discretionary funding designated to the Department of Health

Between the end of February and early April, the federal government terminated almost 700 NIH grants equaling $1.81 billion. That’s about 3.3 percent of the NIH’s total operating budget, the researchers report May 8 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

If students don’t feel like they’re going to be safe and stable in a science research career, a lot of them are looking elsewhere,” Mia Bennett said.

It's a slow-moving train wreck," Mike Graglia says about his 12-year-old son Tony's rare genetic disease with no cure.Caused by a tiny fluke of

The Trump administration has effectively “blacklisted” Harvard University from getting federal funding as part of its ongoing battle over discrimination and ideology, the university says in a new court filing.